Lifelong Pocatello resident and climber, JEREMY ZACCARDI, passed away in my arms on MT. RAINIER from a lethal asthma attack on July 12, 1996. Three months later, 13 friends and family members carried his ashes to the top of BORAH PEAK, the mtn he summited over ten times in every condition imaginable, despite his own preexisting condition. Over the years, I have climbed on Borah's NORTH FACE, NE RIDGE, NW RIDGE, and SW RIDGE, but none were ever as good as summiting Borah's dog route in 1995 with JACQUELINE HARVEY BRADISH(McCall), KEVIN JOHNSON (Anchorage), and my old best friend. I miss him dearly as does his hometown community. By the way, my dog, CERRO, went to the summit in my backpack the day we spread Jerry’s ashes. Climb in peace, ya'll!! We, too, must descend.

An amazing hike, probably the only one I've done that I'd say was difficult. Worth every ounce of pain and boy, did it make that Borah Peak Brown Ale one of the best beers I've ever had!! (Not sure about the exact date, so I guessed)

My wife Meg and I went up. Snow squalls hit as we broke tree line. We held up for a while and they slowed. We started up and the flakes continued on and off---made for a slick crossing of chicken out ridge. Beautiful place. I really loved it--the descent from summit made Meg nervous. Very warm day once we were back at trailhead.

I took a friend from out of town to hike Borah since the weather was forecast to be very nice over the next two or three days. The gorgeous weather was the best part about the hike and it was even warm at the summit this late in the year. We started at 8am as soon as we had sunlight and made it to the summit at about 1500. We took a lot of short breaks on the way up and spent even longer on the way down. Made it below the tree line before it got dark and then used our head lamps the rest of the way. No problems at all following the trail and there was only 6 to 12" of snow after chicken out ridge. There was a pretty eventful moment on our climb though, as my partner lost his glissade going across the snow bridge which is just below COR. He only slipped a few feet, but I could do nothing but watch and hope that he didn't accelerate down that slope any further. He was very calm and cool about it though, and got his ice axe out and picked his way back. The problem was that he tried to walk on the iced over snow without crampons and without kicking a footing. We both decided to continue, but think that a dynamic line and helmets would have been a good idea.

First and only big hike of the year. Climbed w/co-worker. Both of us had some black toe nails a few days later from the pounding they took coming down that steep trail. I'm getting old, I'm a fan of switchbacks. Perfect day for a climb. Warm on top w/no wind. Met a state high-pointer on the way up who had 43 HP's, he had to turn around about .5 from the summit. Bummer that must have been hard.

we arrived at the trailhead late night, crashed for a quick few hours, and got started early - the hitchhiker guy quit after 30 minutes - duff and cody made it as far as chicken out ridge - I warned him it would be the hardest hike of his life - I cruised up to the summit, enjoyed the views for awhile, and then zoomed down to the parking lot - the next day, I visited my favorite hot springs in the whole world for the third time - and then I drove and drove and drove and drove

we arrived at the trailhead late night, crashed for a quick few hours, and got started early - the hitchhiker guy quit after 30 minutes - duff and cody made it as far as chicken out ridge - I warned him it would be the hardest hike of his life - I cruised up to the summit, enjoyed the views for awhile, and then zoomed down to the parking lot - the next day, I visited my favorite hot springs in the whole world for the third time - and then I drove and drove and drove and drove

Three hours up, one hour fourty min. down. Had to dodge through boy scouts and other crowds coming down...
A very nice climb with some easy 4th class and nice views and interesting all the way. I love how direct the trail is....have you ever climbed Humphrey's in Arizona?

After seeing that labor day's weather left the mountain with some snow, we went prepared. When I got their I couldn't have asked for better conditions. No snow, not hot, not cold, little to no wind. It was as perfect of a day as you can get.

Caleb EOC and I were on are second day second Idaho 12er' We enjoyed a beautiful but cool day on Hyndman peak the day before. We did learn a weather front was moving in but came along way and waited to see what would come of the following day. it started out overcast but seemed worthy of proceeding. we found the trail to be as steep as advertised and enjoyed the view of the prarie below between cloud breaks. we scrambled above treeline and enjoyed the walk along the exposed ridge. The weather was deteriorating though and by the time we arrived around 11,400ft, we decided it was not worth the risk. There were others that proceeded up Hmmm. On the descent we were blown away by the amount of snow that accumalated on the lower mountain and at the trailhead. The Lost river range transformed into this porceline wilderness. Good times.

Climbed with Holsti97, beautiful summit around 1100. Chicken out ridge was fun scrambling. Snow bridge was icy in the morning but better snow conditions on the descent. Steep would be an understatement of this route. HP #7.